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Calhoun is new Tech president
The state board that oversees Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education has approved interim DTAE Commissioner Ron Jackson's selection of William L. "Larry" Calhoun as the next president of Swainsboro Technical College, effective May 1. The board voted their approval today during their m... More...
Dykes named director of EMC's Cardiopulmonary Department

Thomas "Tommy" F. Dykes, Registered Respiratory Therapist, R.R.T. has been named Director of the Cardiopulmonary Department at Emanuel Medical Center. He replaces Ms. Jenny Freeman who served as director since 1996 and continues clinical duties in the department. "I'm turning the manager's position... More...

What's up?

Saturday, April 14 Art Stroll, downtown Swainsboro, 6-9 p.m. View art at the Kalmanson Gallery, Jack's Java Cove and Brantley's Billiards. Monday April 16 Taxes are due! Emanuel County Commission meeting, John C. Coleman building, 7 p.m. More...

 Inside Front
•BOE members in eBoard training
Emanuel County Board of Education members received a crash course in eBoard training Monday night as Pablo Pittaluga, eSolutions account executive with Georgia School Boards Association, navigated the board through the Emanuel County Schools website. Members of the public can also access Emanuel Co... More...
•Hendley named GOAL winner
•'Some Enchanted Evening' casts Rodgers and Hammerstein spell
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 News
•Police Report
Swainsboro police officers reported the following cases: April 2 A Youngblood St. woman reported someone broke into her home and stole several items. A man on Electric Dr. reported someone damaged his building. Member of Good Shepherd Church reported someone tried to gain entry to the building... More...
•Sheriff's Report
•Jail Activity
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 Community
•Pledge leader
Zane Winkler of Adrian School of Performing Arts is congratulated by Board of Education Member Loy D. Cowart, left, and Superintendent Butch Frye at the a recent BOE meeting. Zane led the Pledge of Allegiance at the beginning of the meeting. More...
•Quartet to perform at Calvary UMC
•Cochran to sign books April 14
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 Sports
•$5,000 Daniels Chevrolet Pure Stock Challenge
Sunshine on a cloudy day brought drivers and fans to Swainsboro Raceway for an unforgettable night of racing. The excitement and tension was thick as the Daniels Chevrolet Pure Stock drivers prepared for the annual $5000 Pure Stock Challenge. After heat races the Pure Stock drivers got the chance t... More...
•Big catches!
•62nd annual Knotty Pine Run slated May 5
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 Obituaries
•Maria Asuncion Jimenez Garcia, 40
TWIN CITY--Funeral for Maria Asuncion Jimenez Garcia, 40, was held Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at 10 a.m. at Holy Trinity Catholic Church with Father John Brown officiating. Burial was in Oaxaca, Mexico. She died April 3, 2007 at Ogeechee Hospice in Statesboro. More...
•John James Boatright, 82
•James "Jabie" Dudley, 70
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 Columns
•What not to name your kid in Sweden
I was enormously tickled by an article I read last week on the Internet. Apparently, (and I had no idea) the Swedish National Tax Board has the final say in naming any and all children born in that country. A couple in Sweden has been lobbying the tax board to name its daughter Metallica, after the... More...
•John and Ann Waters, cultural landmarks
•Vetting Sonny for VP
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 Letters
•Letters To The Editor
DEAR EDITOR: I am troubled due to being denied twice for a teacher loan forgiveness. I was told I was rejected because of an outstanding loan as of or before October 1, 1998. I work with people who have received both of these teacher loan forgivenesses, while others like me have been denied both ... More...
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 Legals
•Legal Notices
In The Superior Court Of Emanuel County State Of Georgia Jennifer Frawley Horton Plaintiff Vs. Quentin Lee Horton Defendant Civil Action File No. More...
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